Millennial Notes Lynne Kaufman Takes a Trip with Ram Dass by Carly Van Liere In "Acid Test, the Many Incarnations of Ram Dass," playwright Lynne Kaufman opens a window into the wild world of…
Millennial Notes debbie tucker green Tears Down Our Walls  by Beau McGlasson Debbie tucker green has a trans-formative vision of London. She sees the tenements of London as flat and expos…
Millennial Notes Brendan Simon Captures Motown, R&B Glory Days by Justin Lopez In a large dressing room decked in 60s decor, former R&B band lead singer Effie White (fearless Tanika …
Millennial Notes Madeleine George Provokes Thoughts on Progress by Rachel Norby In "The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence," playwright Madeleine George weaves together four different…
Jay Kuo Uses Japanese Internment to Celebrate the Human Spirit by Jennifer Ann Charron "Allegiance" connects the shameful history of Japanese American internment during WWII with a family's …
Millennial Notes Tennessee Williams & Will Marchetti Toy with Our Senses  by Tyler Jeffreys Tennessee Williams should be required reading"like Shakespeare. Williams asks primal, fund…
Millennial Notes Marcus Gardley Sails into Black History with Music by Evelyn Arevalo Award-winning playwright Marcus Gardley, a renowned son of Oakland, morphs Homer's Odyssey into a Black …
Edward Albee's Thriller Breaks All Rules by Barry David Horwitz Some productions just go beyond our fondest expectations. That magical moment happens when superb, thoughtful acting, skilled …
Young Jean Lee Reincarnates Faith in Song and Dance by Barry David Horwitz Crowded Fire's intimate stage is now the pulpit of a church, with soaring ceilings and high church windows. It's al…
Millennial Notes Coleton Schmitto: Unforgettable in Gender-Bending Musical by Justin Lopez By the end of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," I am breathless and choking back tears. Hedwig (superlat…
Chisa Hutchinson Celebrates Two Black Women in Crisis by Barry David Horwitz Two black women are struggling over life and death. One is a wealthy woman in hospice care who is dying of cancer…
Millennial Notes Ntozake Shange Brightens Colorful American Souls by Tyler Jeffreys "for colored girls" feels like a healing session for the oppressed woman"not a show. Even the White women …
Director Jose Maria Condemi's Chivalrous Rustics & Sad Clowns Come Alive by Pamela Feinsilber It's not often that San Francisco audiences are offered the most popular "double bill" in op…
Millennial Notes Karina Gutierrez Mixes Magic & Mayhem, Perfectly by Rosa del Duca The first page of Dr. Suess's "Cat in the Hat" springs  to life in  the opening scene of Bay Area…
Maryssa Wanlass Activates Citizen Engagement by Jennifer Ann Charron Utopia Theatre Project kicks off their second season with "Dȇmos Krátos Theátro: Plays by and for the People" r…
Lucas Hnath Updates, Invigorates Ibsen Classic by Barry David Horwitz When in the history of plays has a young writer taken on a hundred plus years old classic and written a "Part 2"? The au…
Millennial Notes Shakespeare, Medina, & Roy Invoke a New Female Caesar by Jordan Freed Among the striking Roman columns of the Music Concourse, Julius Caesar feels right at home. Ornate …
Dominique Morisseau Aims for Motown Glory by Barry David Horwitz In Detroit in the long hot summer of 1967, the political winds are burning hot"under Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr.,…
Millennial Notes Director Marc Jacobs Gives Us an Idyllic Summer of Love  by Carly Van Liere In our constant assault of breaking news and conflict around every corner, we need some time o…
Millennial Notes  Diane Tasca's Adaptation Shines in Key Moments  by Justin Lopez Imagine a dark stage with shadowy figures holding elaborate picture frames around their dimly lit face…
Millennial Notes Guillermo Calderón Expands Our Hearts and Minds by Kelsey Severson Guillermo Calderon's "Kiss" speaks powerfully on our western ignorance about the Middle Eastern wars. A…
Sujit Saraf Spins Complex Epic in Drama, Music, Dance by Susan Dunn It's like swallowing a whale. That's what it has meant to the plucky and talented all-volunteer team producing an adaptati…
Millennial Notes Philip Kan Gotanda Generates a Modern Myth by Tyler Jeffreys In "Pool of Unknown Wonders: Undertow of the Soul," Philip Kan Gotanda takes us on a surreal, sci-fi adventu…
Millennial Notes Karen Zacarias Mixes Flowers, Fun, & Frenemies by Evelyn Arevalo & Tyler Jeffreys "Native Gardens" reminds me of the sitcom "Married with Children," with hilarious, …
Shakespeare & Ting Thrust into Present, Spectacularly by Barry David Horwitz Cal Shakes Artistic Director Eric Ting and Dramaturge Philippa Kelly have condensed four Shakespeare plays in…